France Divided As Dreyfus Affair Revived In Nationalist Clash
Paris reports intense official and public sentiment as the Dreyfus case is reopened. Nationalists denounce government action and warn civil discord, while former officers and key figures fade from influence amid renewed debate on revision and witness testimony.
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Paris
Dreyfus Commission
Department of Justice
M. Durand
Dreyfus
Commission
Cavigmac
Mercier
Fus
Sole
Gotonel Henry
Senate
Deeps
Duene Es Clam
London
Zurlinden
Ele
The
of of Paris
Dreyfus Doheeel Phenaet
Joseph Reinach
Cham- Heerer Sempaion
Tee Deertur Oate Ss
Ful Reao
Army
M. Reinach
M. m
Ities
M. Loew
Soehee
I Directa
Legion of M
Two Battleships Sold for Nine Million Dollars
The Chilean government sold the battleships Libertad and Constitution to Britain for 9 million dollars. The ships, sister vessels undergoing Clyde speed trials and construction in Scotland, displace 11.90 tons, measure 436 feet long, with 7.3 inch belt armor and three inch deck armor. Armament includes ten inch, 7.5 inch, fourteen pounder, six pounder, and machine guns, plus two submarine torpedo boats.
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Santiago
Chile
Libertad
Clyde
Scotland
Constitution
Rivals Weigh Lake Fleet Merger Between Pittsburgh and Gilchrist
Cleveland December 2. Marine circles discuss a potential merger between the Pittsburgh Steamship Company and the Gilchrist Transportation Company. A union could signal Rockefeller influence on the Steel Trust and stir radical changes in next year's management. Gilchrist operates about 160000 tons with 75 vessels while Pittsburgh Steamship accounts for 286000 tons, raising fears of near total lake traffic control.
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Cleveland
Pittsburg Steamship Company
Gilchrist Transportation Company
Rockefeller
Steel Trust
Pittsburg
Gilchrist Company
Jet Company
Piteeburg Steamship Company
Ny Eeer
Politician Indicted for Perjury in North Dakota
Grand Forks North Dakota December 2 Major J Murphy of Minot was indicted by the federal grand jury for fee and fraud committed in the security for Josephine Grinnel. He has long been a prominent Farene figure and a Republican leader in the north central region.
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Grand Forks
N. D
J.&. Murphy
Minot
Federal Grand
Josephine Grinnel
Patrick Is Mayor Of The Death House
New York dispatch reports Albert T. Patrick, Sing Sing inmate on death row for the Rice murder, reelected mayor of the death house. He presides over condemned prisoners in their cells, ruling on disputes and visiting hours, with nine companions voting in the selection.
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New York
Albert T. Patrick
Sing Sing
William March Rice
Patrick
Court of Appeals
Delivery of Mails Points From Bristow's Report of Interest
Nearly thirty million pieces delivered and collected in a year by rural carriers in this state. The report highlights extensive mail delivery activity in rural routes and underscores the importance of carrier networks in Indiana.
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Bristow
Substantial Route Expansion with Post Office Closures
The report notes 1,385 routes in operation while 157 post offices were discontinued as the Free Delivery System expanded, leaving twenty new offices established in the past year.
Will Hunt for Gold in Morgan County
The Gold Creek Mining Company formed by Indianapolis and Martinsville men plans a Morgan and Brown counties gold test. Machinery will be built per plans after geologist Blatchley’s report on gold-bearing dirt. R L Rouse to run the office, with R L McNair Morgan county secretary.
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Gold Creek Mining Company
Indianapolis
Martinsville
Morgan
Brown
Blatchley
R. L. Rouse
Stevenson Building
R. L. McNair
Morgan County
Proved a Textbook False by Anderson High Students
Special to the Indianapolis Journal from Anderson Ind on December 2 Professor W H Denny’s physiology class held a test to refute a text claim that the arm cannot be held out longer than five to seven minutes The results ranged from Florence Bell five minutes to Harry Carr captain of the football team at seventy minutes Carr paused for dinner then continued for several minutes more Several students showed varying endurance with Miss Brown unused to exercise and exhibiting only a cold hand and benumbed fingers
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Indianapolis Journal
Anderson
Ind
Denny
Florence Bell
Ciara Busy
Fin Ellison
Charles Aera A Thomas
Edgar Mc»sahiee
Lea Rout
Ross Way
Bertha Thornburg
Hettie McCallister
Hanna G
Beasle Hardy
Blaine Segner
Laura Brown
Harry Carr
Carr
Miss Brown
Estate of a Miser Reveals Major Deed Transfer
Lawyers for Mary J. Oliver heirs say she deeded all property to Mary E. Alderdice, daughter of Oliver's agent, in a $125000 transfer. The elderly minister with Oliver died of apoplexy after her death. Bonds valued at $11000 found in Oliver's rooms are claimed by Alderdice agents.
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New York
Mary J. Oliver
Harlem
Mary E. Alderdice
Oliver
Indiana leads in rural delivery as post office network expands
Washington reports 74,000 post offices and 20,000 rural routes in the United States with Indiana hosting 1,862 post offices and 1,885 rural routes in operation. The Bristow report notes 309 million pieces delivered on rural routes in six months and highlights county systems in twelve Indiana counties with more planned. It urges reforms to curb bad contracts and expand rural service while noting budgeted rural and city delivery costs near 47 million dollars for the coming year.
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Indianapolis Journal
Washington
United States
Bristow
Indiana
Aseta Bristow
Penkins
Bartholomew, Daviess
Delaware
Gibson
Grant
Hamilton
Jefferson
Madison
Marion
Noble
Posey
Tippecanoe
Howard
Randolph
Warrick
Spencer County
Union
New York
Illinois
Tennessee
Vorite
Mafia Branch Raided in Philadelphia Italian Quarter
Police raided a Carpenter Street tenement and detained fifteen men as Mafia members. Officers found two revolvers and a stiletto on each suspect, with pistols and ammo in the room. One man admitted Mafia ties with branches in New York Baltimore and Pittsburg. Bail set at one dollar each on charges of carrying concealed deadly weapons conspiracy and threatening to kill.
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Philadelphia
Carpenter Street
New York
Baltimore
Pittsburg
Joseph Mayer Died, Oberammergau Passion Play Icon
Munich dispatch reports Joseph Mayer ex burgomaster of Oberammergau and famed Christus impersonator in the Passion Play of 1870 1880 and 1890 plus choir leader in 1900 events. Also noted in New York obituary Edward W former New York Yacht Club commodore and fruit trade figure dies at sixty four after lifelong maritime ventures.
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New York
Munich
Bavaria
Joseph Mayer
Oberammergau
Christus
Edward W
New York Yacht Club
Fruit Commission
Disorder at Kieff University Shuts It Until January
The university at Kieff, Russia, closed until Jan. 3 after renewed student disorders. Students refused to acknowledge the professors court trying 29 arrested peers from recent disturbances at Kieff, Odessa, Ksan and Tomsk. They battered doors and damaged the building, then were ejected by Cossacks and police.
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Kieff
Russia
Odessa
Ksan
Tomsk
Tes
Holloway Improves and Leaves Hospital in Halifax
United States Consul General Holloway, who has been ill since his arrival in Halifax, is now able to leave the hospital and return to his hotel. His condition had kept him confined, but he has recovered sufficiently to resume mobility and duty.
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United States
Halifax
Holloway
Tal
Explosion Leaves Dover Residents In Shock
A naphtha tank car on a Philadelphia Baltimore and Washington freight train exploded near Greenwood Delaware causing two deaths including an infant, many injuries, and widespread fire. Fifteen cars wrecked three destroyed by fire and several buildings burned. Rescue hampered by broken wires. Georgetown brakeman Edward J Roach died.
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Dover
Del
Greenwood
Delaware
Philadelphia, Baltimore & Washington
Edward J. Roach
Georgetown
B. W. Shepard
Cornelius J. Hall
John Barker
Horace Lynch
H. C. Johnson
Rain of Blood Report Near Salerno Italy
Rome dispatch reports a rare Rain of Blood observed near Salerno during severe weather. Red raindrops stained surfaces as desert Sahara dust blown across the sea mixed with rain. Peasants feared the omen as the phenomenon, once reaching Rome years ago, puzzled locals.
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Rome
Salerno
Sahara
Strike of 10 000 Iron Workers Ordered
Chicago December 2 The executive board of the Bridge and Structural Iron Workers International Association voted to strike against the George A Fuller Construction Company and its subcontractors. Contracts totaling over 20 900 000 dollars across cities are involved, with about 10 000 workers directly affected and up to 70 000 more if sympathetic actions occur.
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Chicago
George A. Fuller Construction Company
Bridge and Structural Iron Workers’ International Association
Fuller Company
Savages Said to Kill Ten on Tobago Island Scene
Victoria B C reports from the Iro Maru's arrival that ten crewmen of the Benjamin A Sewall were killed by natives on Tobago island off the Formosan coast. Two survivors from the mate's boat were found alive, naked and blistered, while clothing of others identified as killed was found in a savage village.
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Victoria
B. C
Orient
Hoestadt
Benjamin A. Sewall
Tobago Island
William Reinwald
Julian Cairo
Resignation of New York County GOP Chairman Bruce
M Linn Bruce resigns as chairman of the Republican committee of New York county citing private business obligations. Governor Odell and colleagues say the move prompts no party friction and Bruce chose law over politics amid looming elections.
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Bruce
New York County Committee
New York
Odell
M. Linn Bruce
Republican Committee
New York County
Platt
George W. Dunn
Republican State Committee
Republican Party
Dunn
Digout Stolen After Car-Barn Battle In Chicago Case
In Hammond Indiana on December 2 a landowner reported his dugout stolen after a clash involving Chicago car-barn bandits. John Ansbro said the dugout vanished overnight and was later found in Chicago prompting a grand larceny charge against a Dime Museum manager. A settlement followed the levy on the shanty.
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Indianapolis Journal
Hammond
Ind
Chicago
John Ansbro
Lake Station
Ansbro
Clark Street
Dime Museum
McAleer
Burge
C E Smith Will Speak At Columbia Club Banquet
At the Columbia Club banquet on February 12 Charles Emory Smith of Philadelphia former postmaster general will be the principal speaker. A Washington dispatch said Representative Charles B Landis spoke with Smith by telephone and accepted Landis invitation after considering others. Landis and Overstreet were delegated to secure speakers and had discussions with several men on the subject.
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Columbia Club
Charles Emory Smith
Philadelphia
Washington
Charles B. Landis
Smith
Landis
Overstreet
William L Taylor to Seek Republican Nomination for Governor
Former Indiana attorney general William L. Taylor announced from French Lick that he will run for the Republican nomination for governor. He plans to present his candidacy at the next state convention, joining J. Frank Hanly as contenders in the gubernatorial race.
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Indiana
Indianapolis Journal
French Lick
Ind
William L. Taylor
Indianapolis
Taylor
Taylor J
J. Frank Hanly
Lafayette
Sam Parks in Sing Sing Hospital
Sam Parks former business agent of the local house smiths and ridgemen union is hospitalized in Sing Sing Prison after being sent there for conspiracy to take money from employers to call off strikes. He is described as very ill with consumption and may be transferred to Dannemora prison hospital. He arrived at Sing Sing to work in the brush shop but confinement worsened his condition, leading to his removal to the hospital.
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New York
Sam" Parks
Housesmiths
Ridgemen’s Union
Sing Sing
Parks
Spreetion
Dannemora
Park
Marion Chronicle Sold to Lockwood and Associates
Marion Indiana December 2 The Marion Chronicle the Republican organ of Grant county for eighteen years was sold today to George B Lockwood Aaron C Alexander Frank Jones and other well known Republican politicians. The deal closed at noon and the mile price was not made public The building plant and bindery are retained by David Barker and Clyde Graves The new firm will be incorporated soon George Rockwood formerly secretary to Congressman Steele will remain in his post until Durbin term ends Annis Burk who has managed week Reiber for over a year stays on H Sanders will continue as editorial writer for now
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Indianapolis Journal
Marion
Marion Chronicle
Grant County
George B. Lockwood
Aoll C. Alexander
Frank Jones
David Barker
Clyde Graves
Mariop Chronicle Company
George Rockwood
G. W. Steele
Durbin
Annis Burk
Indianapolis
Week Reiber
H. Sanders
Walking Delegate McCarthy Guilty of Extortion
New York December 2. Timothy McCarthy walking delegate for the Housesmiths and Bridgemen union was found guilty of extorting money from Herman Leebel for a stake at the Barton Hotel and the Republican agency.
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New York
Timothy McCarthy
Housesmiths
Bridgemen's Uien
Herman Leebel
Barthton
Aene
Dowie Seeks $1 Million From Zion City Followers
In a dramatic Zion City meeting at the Tabernacle, Elij eh Dowie asks followers for one million dollars and reports receiving a thousand dollars in contributions. He proclaims assets are ample but insists ready money is needed to tide over a crisis, declares he will eject critics described as dog s and devil’s parasites.
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Chicago
Dowie
Zion City
Crista
Zion
Worshp
Jerusalem
Phosa Ieerate
Menten
Dowle
Dowie Faces $725000 Liabilities as Receivers Tighten Control
Chicago reports reveal Dowie’s Zion City debts total 725000 including mortgages and merchant claims. Receivers shut a Zion City bank and move to liquidate assets while Dowie appeals for a 1000000 fund to cover obligations and preserve his church’s operations.
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C. E. Smith
W.L. Taylor
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Elijah I
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